One in every 800 babies born in the world today is born in the Netherlands. Netherlands has about 165,000 births a year, around 0.1% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
165,000
Share of world births
0.1%
Birth odds
1/800
Life expectancy
82 years
Risk of dying before age 5
0.4%
Income per person, PPP
US$70,000
Children per woman
1.4
Urban population
93%

Life expectancy in Netherlands is 82 years, which is 9 years longer than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 4 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.

Income per person is about US$70,000 in purchasing power. That is 3.1 times the world average.

On average a woman has 1.4 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 93% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 7% chance of being born in the countryside.

Religious makeup

  • No religion50%
  • Christianity44%
  • Islam6%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Leon · Paul · Finn · Daan · Emilia · Mia · Hannah · Lina

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.